Synthesis of α-Ketoamide-Based Stereoselective Calpain-1 Inhibitors as Neuroprotective Agents

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Calpain inhibitors have been proposed as drug candidates for neurodegenerative disorders, with ABT-957 entering clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. The structure of ABT-957 was very recently disclosed, and trials were terminated owing to inadequate CNS concentrations to obtain a pharmacodynamic effect. The multistep synthesis of an α-ketoamide peptidomimetic inhibitor series potentially including ABT-957 was optimized to yield diastereomerically pure compounds that are potent and selective for calpain-1 over papain and cathepsins B and K. As the final oxidation step, with its optimized synthesis protocol, does not alter the configuration of the substrate, the synthesis of the diastereomeric pair (R)-1-benzyl-N-((S)-4-((4-fluorobenzyl)amino)-3,4-dioxo-1-phenylbutan-2-yl)-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxamide (1 c) and (R)-1-benzyl-N-((R)-4-((4-fluorobenzyl)amino)-3,4-dioxo-1-phenylbutan-2-yl)-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxamide (1 g) was feasible. This allowed the exploration of stereoselective inhibition of calpain-1, with 1 c (IC50 =78 nM) being significantly more potent than 1 g. Moreover, inhibitor 1 c restored cognitive function in amnestic mice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

ChemMedChem - 15(2020), 23 vom: 03. Dez., Seite 2280-2285

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jastaniah, Ammar [VerfasserIn]
Gaisina, Irina N [VerfasserIn]
Knopp, Rachel C [VerfasserIn]
Thatcher, Gregory R J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alicapistat
Alpha-ketoamides
BWF3F50KF8
CAPNS1 protein, human
Calpain
Calpain inhibitors
Chirality
Cysteine proteases
DL48G20X8X
EC 3.4.22.-
EC 3.4.22.52
Glycoproteins
Journal Article
Neuroprotective Agents
Peptidomimetics
Pyrrolidines
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Scopolamine

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Date Completed 14.09.2021

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cmdc.202000385

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31413459X